RightsCon Tunis 2019

This panel brings together journalists and technologists who are exploring technology and strategies to discover and respond to rumors and false information in messaging apps. These collaborative journalism projects have potential to address challenges of information quality and spread in messaging apps, and build mutual trust between news outlets and their audiences. Panel participants will share insights from their experiences working on journalism-centered chat app projects, revealing challenges that would benefit from interdisciplinary and human-centered solutions: How should newsrooms take messaging apps into account in their daily work? How can journalists mitigate risk when working with these platforms? How can journalists scale their efforts to reach larger and more diverse audiences? What ethical and privacy concerns should journalists have when using these platforms? The session will include an interactive workshop where participants can explore the challenges raised in the session and propose ideas and solutions. Participants will leave with practical tools and tips they can apply in their communications and advocacy efforts.